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Hi! My name is Debbie Norman. I love God, my family, my country, my beautiful home state of West Virginia, reading, art, nature and photography. I have a physical disability but it does not have me. This is my nature journal of the world around me.

Here are a couple of close ups of Lobelia (my mother’s day flowers). The flowers are very tiny. The light was horrible when I took these. I have better photos of it, that I took later on in the year. I will share some of those as I come to them.

It’s not every day that you are greeted at your door by little people with flowers and a balloon. 🙂 But it’s nice!

My two oldest went to my parent’s house for a little while on Mother’s Day and during their visit, they came by and brought me a Happy Mother’s Day balloon and flowers “they” got me. 😉
They are at an age (6 & 7) where getting a photograph of the two of them together where they aren’t moving, talking, and/or making silly faces is nearly impossible. So I take whatever photo I can get. LOL!

(The flower is an annual called a Lobelia. I kept the basket on our outdoor table all spring/summer and it flowered the entire time. My mom and my husband helped me keep it watered on days I wasn’t feeling well. I was really impressed by how many little flowers it ended up making, and how long it kept them. It was quite a nice gift. 🙂 And outdoors it did not have a strong odor, which is a nice perk for those like me with allergies. I took better photographs of it that I will share later on, as I come to them.)

While the older two were visiting their Grandma for a few hours, my husband and I took the baby out to get some new photographs of her. Here is one of those:

As is often the case, my mind is distracted by one thing while trying to focus on another. Right now I’m thinking is the proper phrase “clover blooms” or “clover blossoms”. I haven’t the foggiest idea. So I went with Clover blooms, since that is how I would most likely say it out loud. Which is why it is probably wrong. LOL If you know, leave me a comment.

Now back on topic, I think clover is a good example of how we over look the everyday beauty in our lives. Most people don’t pay any attention at all to clover. Or they treat it as a yard weed. Or maybe a child looks for a 4 leaf clover. But how often do we stop and appreciate how pretty it is?

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When I look at the tiny flowers within the flower, they remind me a bit of tiny little Irises.
The Iris is my favorite flower.

I often like to photograph this Mimosa tree. But I think it is beautiful even when it has no green or blooms. The structure of the tree itself I think is really nice. Unfortunately there is no good angle to photograph it as a whole, and not get the power lines in the photo. Oh well…

The deck was covered in maple seeds from the huge maple tree.
I don’t spend nearly as much time out here as I would like to. My health issues keep me inside far too much.
Most of my photo taking is done in short trips outside. When I was healthier I would spend almost all of my time outside. I miss the things I used to be able to do, more than words could ever say. If there is something you want to do, you should do it while you can, because you never know what tomorrow might hold.